Honeywell partners with Palo Alto Networks on industrial cybersecurity

Aiming to provide a next-generation security platform with industrial process control expertise, Honeywell Process Solutions and Palo Alto Networks are collaborating to boost the cybersecurity capabilities of industrial control systems.

Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security business is now offering the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform to industrial customers. The collaboration enables customers to better prevent cyber attacks against their process control networks and operational technology environments in order to protect their assets and maximise production uptime and safety.

The joint solution is designed to offer process network traffic monitoring and advanced threat prevention across the automation environment. It combines Palo Alto Networks’ integrated security platform with Honeywell’s process control domain expertise to provide a cybersecurity solution tailored for industrial customers.

“The collaboration with Palo Alto Networks expands our ability to provide proactive intrusion prevention resulting in more robust protection for our customers. It is an example of Honeywell’s unique multivendor approach that integrates state-of-the-art technology with proven expertise so that customers can confidently rely on our cybersecurity capabilities, quickly and effectively prevent threats, and focus on their daily operations,” Honeywell Process Solutions Vice President and General Manager, Cyber Security Jeff Zindel said.

“Connecting vital infrastructure to the Industrial Internet of Things comes with tremendous benefit, but also associated cyber risks. Our work with Honeywell addresses the cyber risk with next-generation security designed to meet the needs of industrial customers and provide them with threat detection and prevention capabilities previously unseen in the industry,” Palo Alto Networks Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development Chad Kinzelberg added.

Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security is a provider of cybersecurity solutions that help protect the availability, safety and reliability of industrial facilities, critical infrastructure and the IIoT.